Men’s Double Sculls Semi Final
Banbridge’s Phillip Doyle and teammate, Daire Lynch, stormed into the Double Sculls Final on Thursday morning after an exhilarating semi-finals victory on Tuesday morning.
The Irish duo would maintain a steady pace behind leaders Germany for the first 1000 metres covered in third position.
With just 700 metres to go, Doyle and Lynch would surpass the USA boat before briskly advancing upon the German team and taking the lead 100 metres later.
Ireland would impressively sustain their lead for the duration of the race’s final stages, finishing with a time 6.13.14, the best of this morning’s two Semi Final events. They were followed by The United States and New Zealand, who both ultimately finished a length behind the Irish pairing.
Afterwards Daire Lynch gave his thoughts; “We knew we were in a good position coming in but you don’t really know where other countries are at, and like we didn’t win a single race until Worlds last year so we’re showing good signs.”
I suppose that we’ve timed it fairly well. Obviously the last block before we came here was probably our best one yet so hopefully we can just bring that in to the final now.”
Philip Doyle added: “It went pretty much the exact way we thought it would go, we did what we wanted to do, we executed well.”
“We’re knew there would be a couple that would go off like the clappers at the start, and sure we knew they’d go off like that and if they’re going to go off and do silly things they’re going to pay for it later so you just have to be confident that we are going to make them pay,” said Doyle.
“We just have to watch because obviously the six lads in the final might not pay too hard so we need to not let them get too much and then work our way through again.”
Doyle and Lynch will look ahead confidently to Thursday’s final when they meet Romania, Spain, USA, New Zealand and the Netherlands, who finished first in the other semi-final.
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Women’s Four Repechage
Team Ireland had the opportunity to advance in today’s Olympics Women’s Four Repechage, but came up short.
The squad of Emily Hegarty, Eimear Lambe, Natalie Long and Imogen Magner would impress early taking second place after 500 metres of rowing.
However, the Irish representatives would gradually fall down the rankings throughout the event to conclude proceedings in 4th with a time of 6.38.10.
They finished five seconds behind the USA four, who qualify for the Women’s Four Finals on Thursday alongside China to meet New Zealand, Romania, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Ireland will compete against Australia and Denmark in Final B to race for final placings (7-12), with no chance of attaining medals.
Women’s Double Sculls - Semi Final
Ireland’s Zoe Hyde and Alison Bergin were the first batch of Irish competitors rowing this morning as they competed in the first semi-final round of the Women’s Double Sculls.
Team Ireland struggled to challenge against a strong New Zealand duo of Francis Brooke and Lucy Spoors, who took and maintained top position for over 1000 metres to finish with a time of 6.49.49.
Afterwards a disappointed Bergin said: “We’ve been preparing for a long time for this and we were just taking every race as it comes so yeah we’re disappointed but we’ll just look forward to the next race now.”
“We’ll re-assess later, sit down and look at the race and make a news strategy for the next day.”
They will join second placed Netherlands and third placed France in Final A on Thursday alongside the top three in the following semi-final (1. Romania, 2. United Kingdom 3. Norway).
After finishing the race in fifth, Team Ireland will join Italy, Czech Republic, Australia, USA and China in Final B on Thursday to race for final placings (7-12).
RESULTS DAY 4 - Tuesday 30th July 2024
Rowing, Women’s Double Sculls (W2x) semi-final, Zoe Hyde & Alison Bergin, 5th in semi-final in 6:55.08, through to B final (7-12 placings) on Aug 1st
Rowing, Men’s Double Sculls (M2x) semi-final, Philip Doyle & Daire Lynch, won semi-final in 6:13.14, through to final on Thurs Aug 1st @ 10.30am
Rowing, Women’s Four (W4-) repechage, Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe & Imogen Magner – 4th in rep in 6:38.10, through to B final (7-12 placings) on Aug 1st
Boxing, Women’s 54kg, Round of 16, Jenny Lehane Beaten by Yuan Chang (CHN) 5-0
Men’s Hockey, Men’s Pool B, Ireland 0-2 India
Equestrian, Individual Dressage Grand Prix qualifier, Abigail Lyle, score of 69.441
3.35pm Sailing, Men’s Skiff, Race 7, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove
3.40pm Canoe Slalom, Women’s C1 2nd run, Michaela Corcoran
4.27pm Sailing, Men’s Skiff, Race 8, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove
4.41pm Canoe Slalom, Men’s K1 2nd run, Noel Hendrick
5.19pm Sailing, Men’s Skiff, Race 9, Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove
5/5.30pm Women’s Rugby Sevens, final placing match TBC
8.02pm Swimming, Men’s 800m Freestyle final, Daniel Wiffen
